Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2017

1,095 events in 281 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2017, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Colorado in 2017 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
1,095
Deaths
4
Injuries
507
Damage
$2.3 billion
Episodes
281

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail31811$231,000
Winter Storm20700$803,000
Winter Weather18000
High Wind13321$20 million
Thunderstorm Wind5600$49,000
Dense Fog3900
Flash Flood3500$2.3 billion
Heavy Rain2700
Frost/Freeze2500$28,000
Tornado1902$2.1 million
Debris Flow1000$1,000
Wildfire802$1.6 million
Heavy Snow800
Avalanche700$33,000
Lightning711$31,000
Ice Storm60500$2,000
Funnel Cloud500
Blizzard300
Strong Wind100
Flood100

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.